Quotes about Authority
Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
— 2 Samuel 1:15
Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
— 2 Samuel 2:7
and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
— 2 Samuel 2:9
Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
— 2 Samuel 2:14
And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
— 2 Samuel 3:11
Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
— 2 Samuel 3:17
So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
— 2 Samuel 4:12
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
— 2 Samuel 5:4
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
— 2 Samuel 7:5
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
— 2 Samuel 8:16
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
— 2 Samuel 12:8
“If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.
— 2 Samuel 13:26